started the nuclear age. On August sixth‚ 1945 during World War two‚ an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima and three days later‚ on August ninth‚ 1945 the second bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki‚ which forced the Japanese army to surrender. In 1939‚ Albert Einstein contacted President Roosevelt about his concerns of the axis powers having control of atomic technology and shortly after‚ the United States scientific
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the west. The end of the war was brought on by new technology and the decision to change the world. People ask if it was necessary to drop the bombs on Japan. Truman made a decision that saved the lives of American Soldiers as well as Japanese soldiers. If it wasn’t for the lives saved‚ the Technology developed and the Decision made the world would not have devolved as fast as it has. The lives that were lost in the pacific were due to the cause that the Japanese believed in. They were willing to
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August 1945 the world changed. Two American atomic bombs were dropped on Japan with devastating effects. On the 6th of August 1945‚ the Enola Gay‚ a B- 29 Superfortress plane‚ dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima. This single bomb killed 80‚000 people immediately and about 60‚000 more within six months. On August 9‚ a second atomic bomb that ultimately killed about 70‚000 people was dropped on Nagasaki. The dropping of these nuclear bombs is perhaps one of the most debated decisions
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United .States . dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb destroyed most of Hiroshima‚ killing an estimated 130‚000 people. Nicknamed Little Boy‚ the bomb had a force equivalent to 20‚000 tons of TNT. On August 9‚ a second bomb called Fat Man was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki killing roughly between 60‚000 - 70‚000 people. On August 15 Japan surrendered. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the only times that nuclear weapons have been used in war.
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Was the atomic bomb truly as diabolical despite putting an end to WWII and saved much more millions in the process? After defeating two out of the three main Axis powers (Italy and Germany)‚ Japan‚ the remaining main Axis power‚ still had no intentions of surrendering. The United States was forced to be in the position in which they drop the atomic bomb on Japan and sacrifice Japanese lives for their own or reconsider forming another plan to bring Japan to mercy. Ultimately‚ the U.S. was in favor
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Truman and the Atomic Bomb On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the atomic bomb‚ named “Little Boy”‚ was dropped over Hiroshima‚ Japan. There were reasons for this act against Japan‚ one of which having to do with Russia. These included strategic‚ moral‚ and political reasons that would benefit the US in the war and ultimately help them win. The US also wanted this to end World War 2. As we look back on this historical event‚ many would argue if dropping the atomic bomb was the right choice. Strategically and politically
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During the August of 1945‚ America dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima. The ethical debate on this topic may never be resolved‚ but one cannot possibly deny the negative effects. The Atomic bomb caused mass destruction‚ and it was a highly risky move to begin with. The Kamikaze raids were destructive‚ but not on the same scale as the as the atomic bomb. We have ended World War 2 ‚ but at what expense? Constantly fearing for the safety of our own country‚ as well as others? If a situation develops
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The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs during WWII On August 6th 1945 the United States‚ under President Harry S. Truman‚ dropped the first of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima‚ a fairly large city in Japan. Three days later on August 9th‚ a second atomic bomb was dropped on another Japanese city‚ Nagasaki. A big question that is still argued today is whether the droppings of the two atomic bombs‚ that forced the Japanese to surrender‚ were a necessary act. Many historians and politicians argue this point
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Both ‘’Hiroshima’’ and The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb’’ were interesting works to read because they discuss two different views upon World War II. However‚ both works correlate to each other because at the end their message is simple: war inevitably causes death. Upon reading these works‚ I thought to myself how World War II is taught in the simplest form during history class in middle school. I never had a professor who explicitly went into detail of the horrors of World War II‚ therefore taking
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Truman’s Decision to Drop the Atom Bomb HIS/120 Truman’s Decision to Drop the Atom Bomb On August 6‚ 1945 the B-29 Bomber the Enola Gay dropped the first Atomic bomb on the Japanese City of Hiroshima. Three days later the second atom bomb was dropped off the city of Nagasaki causing the conditional surrender of the Japanese. Weighing the Outcomes The Japanese were a very fierce adversary‚ the culture in which the only purpose of Japanese people was to support their Emperor. The ruler of
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